Haha, I just noticed that I wrote that I didn't feel a "think". What was I "thinging"? 
I ditto the Bette Hagmann books. When I first thought I might have CD I bought "The Gluten Free Gourmet Bakes Bread". It has tons of useful info. I used to bake bread all the time but the first one I baked after switching to GF flours was a disaster, lol! It could have been used for bricks . But following the book's instructions I eventually started making pretty good loaves.
When I didn't feel like mixing all the flours together I used a mix. My favorite one was Bob's Red Mill that I got from amazon. They also have it at my local HFS but amazon was much cheaper.
For lunches I would recommend making your own, at least until you really know which products you can trust. I used to eat a sandwich made with GF bread, sliced chicken breast (just baked a few breasts and sliced them up, much safer then store-bought and you can freeze them for later, too) and veggies. Or I would make a pan of stir-fry with rice or rice noodles, put it into containers and had lunches for several days.
The diet might seem overwhelming but once you figure it won't seem as complicated. If you'd like to buy bagels, etc. The Gluten-Free Mall has a lot of products. I haven't ordered from them though so I'm not sure how good they are. I tried not to substitute every single item I used to eat with GF stuff but focus on new ingredients instead. I discovered quinoa which I love now, started using rice noodles instead of spaghetti (or sometimes I'd get GF pasta), corn tortillas instead of flour ones. My local grocery store carries most of these items and it's much cheaper to buy corn tortillas then special ordering GF "flour" ones. I hope you figure out your diet once the endoscopy's done !
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